Huh...just realized I hadn't updated this in a long while...like ever. Wow. So...who am I? No one more spectacular than anyone else. Just your average mom and grandma trying to get through college and make something of myself before I'm retirement age.

I began this fan fiction writing adventure with Criminal Minds but eventually found crime scenes too taxing. So, having rediscovered a relatively obscure western that I loved from the late 80's to early 90's, I shifted focus to historical fiction and specifically westerns. I really love that genre.

When I started, I had no idea where this journey would lead. I only knew that I was so proud of myself for having completed a story that I had to share. My early writing is rough at best and the temptation is always there to "fix" it. I resist only because I like seeing how far I have come. I know that I am a much better writer than I was at the start. I still have much improving to do but I am proud of what I have accomplished.

I am also grateful for the friendships I have forged through this wonderful medium. Who knew that writing silly stories would lead me to some powerful friendships that have bonds stronger than family?

Please enjoy my little offerings. I regret that I cannot update/post stories more often right now but college is hard and even harder when you haven't been in a classroom in over 20 yrs. I still love writing and all my readers. I just lack time that isn't taken with work, chauffeuring my family around, homework or fussing over my new grandbaby.

Reid is in a violent relationship that the team doesn't know about, but for how long can he hide it? How many excuses for the bruises will they buy? Contains SLASH and VIOLENCE. Later chapters might get M rated. Minor crossover with Law & Order SVU

Dr. Spencer Reid meets a mysterious woman who captures both his curiosity and his heart, consequently making his life take flight in ways he had never dreamed to hope for. Reviewed as "Phenomenal!," "Brilliant!," "Exquisite!" and "Absolutely Delightful!" COMPLETE.

It's the sequel to "9 Months" and follows Harper's and Spencer Reid's daughter Autumn through stages of her life, 500 days of her life to be accurate. See how she grows up a genius and finds love where she would have never expected it.

Start of story about Spencer finding love. "...He was still immersed in the dim, wet wonder of the folded wings that might open if someone loved him..." UST but could become M. No more until at least 10 reviews. Initial procedural, but not any further.

Through the eyes of the unsub the team are watched. Through the eyes of the unsub the helpless die. How can they stop a madman they cannot profile? According to him: they can't. M/G! Co-written with Emzypemzy!

Set after the sun set on the Elias Mills hanging. Two people try to deal with overwhelming feelings following the profound days spent with Mills. As they try to figure what their time with him meant to them, they also try to find their place in the world and with each other.

What started with a single cherry pie left anonymously on a porch has blossomed into romance. But no romance is without its difficulties. And no soul is without its scars. Sequel to Life of Pie: The Admirer.

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven." George Bernard Shaw. The companion piece to Heroes. Heather is heading back to Rock Creek with the kids and without Cody. No one seems quite sure what to make of it.

Starting a new life together with a shotgun in your back is never the plan. Warning to any hardline followers of canon relationships...this story eventually will not be for you. If you are at all uncertain, message me.

They had all been lucky enough to find a place. Until the place wasn't there anymore. The coming war and fracturing family leave everyone unstable but perhaps no one more than two whose love is forbidden.

Bad things happen and haunt us. They even keep us from being the people we should be or living the lives we ought to live. Sometimes the only solution is to be found in someone equally haunted. This is a follow up to Shadow in the Woods although that is not required reading for this story.

Jimmy's getting tired of Wild Bill. Maybe, with some help, he can find a new person to be...or recover a former self. Mature rating for sex and descriptions of sexual encounters. I warned, please don't yell.

After many requests, it is time to return to the land of Spencer and Maggie. Advise to read the other stories in this world for better understanding. This story picks up after the honeymoon and goes from there. How far? Not sure yet. Please review.

Case fic. Women out clubbing together are being targeted. One killed immediately and the other kidnapped. Now it's up to our merry band of profilers to find out who and why. Whole team. alludes to events in "Never My Love". Please review.

Morgan realizes the time is at hand to start taking a relationship seriously and as fate would have it, he has just met a woman he finds quite bewitching. This is a spin-off from my Reid/Maggie stories but stands on its own. Please review!

Who would target a preschool? That's what the team has to find out. Rated T for now...may need changing later. Not totally sure where this is going but feel compelled to write it so it should be good. Please review!

There is so much Spencer hasn't told Maggie. It's bothering him and he feels now is the time. Might only be a couple of chapters but then again things sometimes change. Rated T for now but who knows where it will end up.

Okay this is another Reid and Maggie story. It takes place after my other one "Never My Love" Probably won't see the rest of the team but then again, you never know. Mature rating for language, sex and sexual violence. Reviews welcomed and encouraged!

There but for the grace of God we all may go. Probably would help to catch up on saga beginning w/Never my love. casefic w/whole team but features Reid, Morgan and Prentiss most. Idea came from Truman Capote quote. Been stuck in my mind. Please review.

Final installment in the story that began with events of Never My Love. Reid is back at work but how much have his experiences changed him? Discussion of things you should at least be 13 to read. Reviews welcome. I crave feedback.

This is the long awaited sequel to Never My Love. This will probably not make sense unless you read that one first. Reid and J.J. are featured but not actually interacting. Please review...I live for feedback.

The case starts with body parts scattered across two states. There will be frank talk of sexual assault as well as dismemberment. Features Maggie for those who have read Baggage...not necessary though.

While Dr. Reid is working through his issues regarding his mother's illness, the team is called to find someone solving mommy issues in a very sinister way. Teen rating is for some descriptions of violence and crime scenes.